King Krule: The Snarling "Easy Easy" (London)

I recently found out about the fire King Krule and his song "Easy Easy". Critics have been comparing him to Billy Bragg and it's not hard to see why. His songs are powerful and his voice is ginormous. The aforementioned song has a refreshing, genuine and British vibe too it. It's not indie dross or mainstream crap its genuine music that is in this day and age can be quite hard to find. He actually reminds me a lot of the Arctic Monekys before they blew up. The song is an extremely emotional performance in which Krule sings about dead end jobs, zombie people and the drabness of life in general. 

However, despite the moross view of life offered by the young man that seeks to highlight how the bulk of the society is slowly being crushed to death, you just cant help but feel positive while listening at the same time (rare). It's this distinct talent of Krule to tie low points and high points of everyones life experiences together that makes him a compelling new artist.

I've also included his live performance on David Letterman that he smashed. Especially considering it was his American TV network debut in front of millions. On a side note what I think would be really exciting would be if Krule channelled a little more Johnny Rotten. Everyone knows that Krule can snarl and it would be awesome to see him hack at society even more than has done so far and more violently.  To sum up a brilliant new musician with cracker of a cricket swing :) Videos of the blazing Londonite below!! 
Moss Rock

 

Easy Easy:

Well same old Bobby, same old beat
Well yeah they got nothing on me
The same old clutch, same old streets
But yeah they got nothing on me
And easy come and easy go
Well yeah I'm sure I told you so
Well they just want you for your dough
Man I'm sure I told you so
And with your dead-end job
That's been eating away your life
You feel a little inside
The trouble and strife
And now you spend your evenings
Searching for another life
And yeah I think maybe
I think you've got them in your sights

[Chorus]Well, easy easy
There's no need to take that tone
Well easy
I'm on the telephone
Man just leave us alone

[Verse 2]Ow no I should've kept my receipts
Cause the sandwich I bought
Yeah it's been off for a week
And 'low Tesco's stealing my money
When positivity seems hard to reach
I keep my head down and my mouth shut
Cause if you going through hell
We just keep going

[Chorus]

New Warpaint Record "Biggy" - Psychedelic Heaven

Well what can I say this song is one hell of a trip. It's awesome to see the L.A woman back on top with this quality release. In the new music biz it can seem as if bands kind of fade away but usually they are just working hard on a serious project and then go into full on fight mode to promote that sucker. This definitely seems to me the case for Warpaint. Their song "Biggy" debuted on The Fader one of the biggest global taste makers in music alongside Brooklyn Vegan. New York really does seem to be at the forefront of indie music in my opinion. L.A seems to still caught up in the myths and legends of the majors that were once giants in music. It's probably no different in music on the east coast because most of the small companies are owned by majors, but the labels in Brooklyn are dope. Especially one I don't want to divulge to Auckland Hipsterdom. At any rate I'm stoked that Warpaint have bridged the gap of the states and become very popular on both coasts. This tune really gets cooking around the 2.29 mark with the drums widening out in the mix and engulfing you in Psychedelic stereo heaven that is layered with the caress of dancing angels. But hey thats just my take on it ;)

Also check out the Calvin Klein commercial placement showcasing another record of the new bands sophomore album: